Evaluating a Home Management Program

Abstract

After giving on orientation to the Quality Assurance Framework, the author explains how it was used to evaluate the Gateway Home Management Program. Following a description of the Occupational Therapy program at the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital, the use of the quality assurance framework to obtain the study results is outlined. Then the limitations and results of the study are discussed. Although it was found that the objectives of the program were met, that is 1) to assess the home management skills of the patients participating in it, and 2) to upgrade any deficit areas, a need for more input in the social skills area was identified. From the study, the necessity to expand the program and then to re-evaluate it became apparent.